Recognizing Peer-Reviewed Articles

Recognizing Peer-Reviewed Articles

Peer-reviewed articles are the highest quality scholarly articles.
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A peer-reviewed, scholarly article will have the following characteristics:

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Peer review is a review process that journal editors use to ensure that the articles they publish represent high quality scholarship.

• the authors are scholars
• the article is long, written in specialized language
• there is a significant bibliography

For more on peer review:

• Peer-Reviewed Sources: A Sequenced Tutorial
• finding peer-reviewed articles